Fairfield Arsonist Suspect Arrested

Between 9/5/2011 and 9/8/2011, Fire and Police Department personnel responded to six, late night, residential arson fires. These included:

9/5/2011 -- 2318hrs: 349 Stratfield Road
9/5/2011 -- 0423hrs: 50 Chatham Road
9/5/2011 -- 2345hrs: 50 Chatham Road
9/8/2011 -- 0219hrs: 1300 North Benson Road
9/8/2011 -- 0259hrs: 321 Woodridge Avenue
9/8/2011 -- 0340hrs: 53 Cornell Road The homes appeared to have been targeted because they were vacant and/or were for sale. Several of the homes were extensively damaged, and in one case, a firefighter was hospitalized with burns he suffered while battling the blaze.

These arson cases were made the top priority of the police department, which ultimately involved the extensive investigative efforts of every detective, along with key support from patrol personnel.

These efforts culminated in the 9/8/2011 arrest of Christopher Message, age 34, of Valley Road, Fairfield, CT by detectives from the Fairfield Police Department. He is being charged with three (3) counts of Arson 1st Degree, and one (1) count of Burglary 1st Degree. Additional charges will be forthcoming. His bond has not been set as of the time of this release. Message is also a suspect in several fires in nearby municipalities, and we are currently notifying those agencies.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• Fairfield Fire Department
• Arson
• Arsonist
• Arsonist Captured
• Police Chief Gary MacNamara
• Fire Chief Richard Felner

[LibertyOrBust]

I knew Chris Message when I was in college at Catholic University of America. He went into my dorm room and called the White House TWICE threatening to kill President Clinton. After an hour interrogation by the Secret Service I figured out only Chris would be dumb enough to do that and told them to look at him. He confessed. This guy is not stable.